Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-08
NOW IN LAST PLACE.

By Defeating the BridgePorts Yester-
 day the Danburys Step Ahead of New
 Haven and rake Fourth Place-The New Ravens aI the FOOt-They Win an Exhibition Game From the Mon. itOrs-TO Play the Celebrated Cuban Giants To-Bay-The BrIdgepOrts to be Here To.MorroW-TaYIor of the DIsbanded Savannahs to be Here in Few Days.
 The New Ravens and the Monitors of Long
 Island played at Hamilton park yesterday. Hardly anybody was present to see the game, ] as it had not been advertised to any extent We'll, the home team won by a score of 15 | to G.
 It seems strange to chronicle this victory by the New Haven team, as they have had ! such a string of defeats of late. But then | this victory does not count in the race for the | Eastern league championship. The home team played a rattling good game The feature was the excellent battery work of Fitzgerald and Weckbecker. It was really enjoyable to watch their work. Fitz- ! gerald is the only pitcher the New Ravens have had except Jack Leary who has had | good command of the ball. Weckbecker showed an improvement in throwing to bases, for Fitzgerald was regular in his de- 1 livery and Weckbecker knew nearly every | time where the ball was coming, thing he could not judge from the alleged pitchers tried and released. He end Fitzgerald both | watched the bases closely and a man did not l get much of lead before the ball was in the l basemans hands.
 1 Fitzgerald has now pitched two games for 1 the New Ravens. In the first at Hartford in | the tie game he was a little wild but remark | ably cool. and kept pitching better during | tha Vastar6av ba WAS steady and gave but one base hit on balls. An other point in favor of Fitzgerald is that be- sides his pitching he fields his position in I commendable style. He hit the ball we'll yesterday and accepted every chance in run ming bases. He struck out four men yester- day.
 And right here let it be said that the New Ravens accepted every chance in running
 bases yesterday. Yesterdays game showed that the home team is composed of excellent
 material and people want to see them pitch in and win few games. There IS no reason why they should not.
 Halpin played short stop with the New Ravens for the first time. He IS not from the Uticas, as that team would not be very likely to let so good player go at this time of the season. He played with Utica last
 season, but this season was with the Oswe- eos, which team disbanded last week. He accepted every chance yesterday and made one brilliant stop. He, Fitzgerald and Pha- lon each made three clean hits, but one ot Halpins was a two bagger. He is we'll built and on the constant alert
 Little could be judged of Callahan's work at third, as he had little to do. What he did do, however, was done well. He and Troy made a double play. He throws the bali neatly to first base, is rather short and thick set.
 From yesterdays playing it would appear as if the gaps at third base and short stop have been filled up. Both Halpin and Cal lahan are so we'll built that it will be diff cult for ball to knock them over.
 Crowley laid off yesterday and umpired, Brill filling his place in right field in 8 credit able manner. Crowley's sprain is likely to lay him up for some days.
 In the Monitors are two brothers of Cap tain Troy. One of them, Peter, pitched in the latter part of the game yesterday. When Captain Troy faced him yesterday at the bat Fitzgerald, the Monitors catcher, called out, "Pete, you know" Pete evidently knew, for he pitched drop ball and Captain
 Troy was thrown out at first. Waters was
 the only man that could gauge Fitzgerald's pitching, making four hits with total of five beses-
 INNINGS.